I am in some camp
now; there's some British royal marines here. I'll probably move to
another camp here. Word changes like every five minutes. They gave
us 30 rounds (ammo) each. The chow hall here is actually better than
Beaufort's (Marine air wing base in North Carolina) but there
is like an hour wait in line. I don't think I'll see "action"
and probably won't even leave Kuwait. Our unit it appears will just
stay here.
You guys couldn't
be too worried. I feel safe here; the U.S. military owns like half
of this country anyway. Well, we'll have a lot of downtime here; I'll
just read, write or play cards. Tell everyone else I'm doing fine
here.
February 13, 2003
Well, you'll probably
got this the same time as the first letter. Here's the word
passed on to us today: our utilities platoon's job is to support the
three major air bases here. We are in the most southern base from
Iraq, Al Jabba - about 2-hour drive south of the border. So, don't
worry. I'll be far away. The showers and water and laundry are all
run by civilian contractors. We'll be doing a lot of electrical wiring,
ie. wiring tents and running generators. Not bad learning new stuff.
The bases here are huge. We have to take a bus to shower; the shower
unit will be running close to us soon. More on the chow hall: we get
breakfast, dinner and MRI's - a 45 minute wait. For lunch today, we
actually did some work - filling countless sandbags. It's not bad
here. It could be worse.
You may send me
some dried mangoes, jerky and a small pillow..
++++++
Cpl. Louie Fabicon
before the air war began, had called his family twice. He said the
sandstorm last week was an experience in a lifetime. It was unbearable
outside. They could feel the strong wind rocked their tents. They
are ready. Tthey have their gas masks plus a loaded rifle. Hhe also
said they get a little jealous of the jet pilots for it's them (their
unit) who installs air-conditioning in the pilots' tents.
Cpl. Fabicon,
Louie P. is with the MWSS ( Marine Wing Support Squadron)
in Kuwait. He thinks it's always a joy to get letters and notes from
his friends
and relatives. His snail mails are sent to (the military sees to it
that the
troops get it) the following address:
Cpl. Fabicon,
Louie P.
MWSS 272 CE DET E ENG WT
Unit 77120
FPO AE 09509-7120
